Beastfire: Hi! Here's chapter 3! Sorry it took so long, but I was going through writer's block with it. And, a note to Astral Firefly, I can't take credit for chapter 2. That was written by Emec, as all of the even numbered chapters will be. Here, now read it, people!

While Ygrene and Sprx were having some "fun" with the bubbles, Ivy and Frus were still having a problem with the doors. Now, one had sprouted up between the two of them and they both tried to open it at the same time. After both mistakenly thinking it was stuck, they decided to look for a different way to find each other.

As Ivy walked along, she opened many doors out of curiosity. She'd found, so far, more strange creatures, the Holy Grail, the secret to life, a drunk llama, Amelia Eahrhart, and a nudist colony of people who really shouldn't be part of one. She slammed that last door, image of the contents burned into her retinas.

"You again!" a voice shrieked.

Ivy whipped around to see a pink weasel.

"Rose," she growled.

Meanwhile, Otto had set his sights on a young girl. He thought that she would be a good target to practice on. But before he could attack her, she noticed him. The girl released a happy squeal.

"Oh, you are so cute!"

The green monkey said nothing, but attempted to slice through her. Nothing happened.

"Silly monkey!" she giggled. "You can't kill me!"

"Why not?" he growled.

"You're in some place where the souls of the dead live."

The girl began to laugh at her own bad joke. She grabbed onto Otto and skipped off with him. He was struggling to get out of her arms, but to no avail.

Frus, in the meantime, was just as lost as ever. 'Great!' he thought. 'Just great! First, we all get stuck here, now I've lost Ivy! Some birthday this is turning out to be! What's next?'. As though the place had read his thoughts, a hole opened up beneath him and he fell through it, cursing the whole way down.

Ygrene and Sprx were still surrounded by those bubbles. The red monkey was, by now, shaking from seeing a different monkey, similar to him, though, being murdered gruesomely by a mob of women. The dragon had seen this and the monkey's reaction and decided to get back at him.

"It's like looking into your future, isn't it?" he teased.

Sprx, upon hearing this, fainted. 'That'll shut him up,' thought Ygrene with a smirk as he pushed his way through the bubbles.

Back with Ivy, she and Rose were staring each other down. Rose noticed the amulet around Ivy's neck.

"Isn't that the amulet that protects against evil?" Rose asked.

"Yeah. What's it to ya?"

"Well, if we fight, you'll have an unfair advantage. Would you want Frus to know that you cheated in a fight?"

Ivy knew that she didn't want that to happen, but if she were to take the amulet off, Rose would have the advantage. She thought of a different idea.

"How about we have a drinking contest?" she challenged.

"Fine. I accept your challenge."

20 MINUTES LATER…

Rose was about ready to pass out, and Ivy was quite tipsy herself.

"Had enough?" Ivy asked drunkenly.

To which, Rose replied, "I'll tell you when I've had en-"

She collapsed right then and there, leaving the mutant as the victor. Ivy grinned and staggered off to look for Frus.

Frus was about ready to lose his temper big time. It really wouldn't have taken much to set him off at this point. In fact, he'd thought of going ballistic on anything to approach him. Now, he could smell something and it smelled strongly of alcohol. Since it was so dark, he couldn't see what it was. He lashed out with his claws, but it wasn't fazed.

"Who are you?" he yelled. "Show yourself!"

"Hey, officer! What brings ya out here tonight?" a rather tipsy sounding voice asked.

Frus knew that voice.

"Ivy?" he asked.

"Yeah?"

He reached out and hugged her, happy to have found her again. Also, the music that they'd heard earlier seemed to be louder here. They walked some more, with Frus holding Ivy close to him so that they didn't get separated again and the sound got even louder.

"I think it's coming from behind this door!" exclaimed Frus.

He began to turn the knob, and the door slowly opened…

Beastfire: And this is where I leave you! Heehee…SUPER CLIFFY! Hahahahaha!

Ivy: Do I wanna see what's behind that door?

Beastfire: (ignoring Ivy) Hey, Emec, write that next chapter soon! And remember; when Ivy's drunk, she's even more insane than usual. Please review!